These talon decorations were created by Creative Nail Design, for the Baby Phat show at NY fashion week.
And while you may be quietly vomiting into your latte at how vile they are, I think they are, in the argot of our gangsta friends, dope.
Oooh, look at them! They're like little baby crowns for the thumb! Regal! Ostentatious! Adorable! Utterly impractical!
I think they'll take off y'know. Why not? I mean, the catwalk instigates fashion, makeup and hair trends, why not nails, too? Mm-hmm, won't be long before the Acrylics Army start shuffling into Happy Luck USA Nail for their thumb crowns, squinting up their mouths as they try to decide between the Krazy King, Krystalline Queen or Pearly Princess thumb piece.
'French is so 2006, they'll say to their girlfriends. Everyone's doing thumb crowns. They're so now. And so great for scratching itches, too. In fact, I don't know how I ever reached the mid-to-lower region of my left shoulder blade without my Pimpin' Pope thumb crown.'
Whew! Put a looong tale on that kite, didn't I.
A Real Life nail trend you can go back to that Outlook inbox with: Blood red bordering on black. Shiny, not matte. On short nails. Not long. Don't you dare let me see you painting long nails in any shade darker than OPI Bubblebath. Keep them short when they're dark and I at least 50% promise never to bring up thumb crowns again.
